Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released specially designed stamp created by Dr. Tridha Gajjar, a faculty of the institute (NID), to celebrate the centenary year of Indian Science Congress (ISC) at New Delhi and presented it to the President Pranab Mukherjee.
The institute was approached by the department of Science and Technology and was asked to create a designed which symbolized the growth of the nation’s scientific temper. It took over two months to design the basic draft and presented it to the ministry for their approval. Out of four concepts, this was selected.
The stamp shows the efforts of ISC in 100 years. Child considered to be tender, mouldable and represents future of India,
is observing flower through magnifying lens. This shows his interest, curosity
and attitude of knowing the world around him more closely with scientific
temperament. In background is DNA structure, which represents the genetic
change taken place in the parent gene and transferred to the child for
scientific temper, because of continuous efforts of ISC in 100 years. The logo
of Indian Science Congress is also depicted.
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